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Elderclaw

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Level

Preset

Base Settings

Variant

Taming Speed

Elderclaw Egg & Breeding Calculator

Breeding the Elderclaw produces fertilized eggs that require careful temperature control. Incubation temperature must stay between 24°C and 28°C - use Air Conditioners, Standing Torches, or Dimetrodons to maintain the range.

After hatching or birth, the baby Elderclaw matures at a glacially slow pace - plan for a multi-day commitment, reaching adulthood in about 3 days and 20 hours at 1x maturation. The most labor-intensive part is the baby phase (0–10% maturation) when it can't use a Feeding Trough yet.

Offspring inherit parental stats and have a small chance to mutate, gaining +2 levels in a random stat. Use the breeding calculator to plan food requirements, incubation timers, and maturation phases.

Settings

Maturation Multiplier

Egg Hatch Multiplier

Food Consume Mult.

Creature Weight

Cuddle Interval Mult.

Imprinting Mult.

Egg

Mating - 0%

The dino is inside an egg, needing specific conditions to incubate and hatch. The ideal temperature range is 24 - 28 °C.

Baby

0% - 10%

9:15:33

The hatched dinosaur, now a baby, needs constant attention and food placed directly in its inventory to survive, or a nearby Maewing to take care of its needs.

Juvenile

10% - 50%

37:02:13

The dinosaur reaches the juvenile stage, where it can now eat from a feeding trough, reducing the need for direct feeding.

Adolescent

50% - 100%

46:17:46

The dinosaur reaches the adolescent stage, becoming more independent and able to follow you while continuing to grow toward full maturity.

Maturation has three phases: Baby (0–10%) lasts ~556 min and requires constant hand-feeding. Juvenile (10–50%) spans ~37h - it can eat from a Trough now. Adolescent (50–100%) takes ~46h - continues eating from troughs, nearly fully grown.

Don't skip imprinting - each successful imprint boosts the Elderclaw's stats, and hitting 100% grants a 30% combat bonus when the imprinter rides it. Keep various kibble types on hand, as imprint requests are randomized between cuddles, walks, and kibble feeding.

Maturation Progress

Select Food

BabyJuvenileAdolescent

Status:

Baby

Time Left:

87:57:46

Total Time:

92:35:33

Maturation

Incubation Time

Elapsed Time

4h 37m 47s

Maturation Time Left

87h 57m 46s

Time to Juvenile

4h 37m 47s

Food

Total Food Items

5366

items

Food to Adult

3501

items

Food Per Hour

111

Food Capacity

325

items

Baby Hand Feed For

1h 8m 12s

6.2% maturation

Imprinting

Cuddle Interval

Imprint Per Cuddle

Max Imprint

0.0%

Use the raising calculator to plan food requirements for raising Elderclaw babies through all three growth stages. The Baby phase (0–10%) takes ~556 minutes and is the most hands-on, requiring direct feeding or a Maewing.

The multiplier feature helps plan large-scale Elderclaw raises by totaling food across all babies. Consider food spoilage when choosing what to feed: Kibble lasts days, while Raw Meat spoils in minutes.

Raising CalculatorFrom 5% - use slider above to adjust

Babies

Food

Food per item

Stack size

100

Eats at 5%

91.74 food/min

Maturation

92h 35m 33s

Phase	Duration	Mejoberry	Stacks	Weight
BabyNeed this much for 5% to 10%	4h 37m 46s	828	9	82.8
JuvenileNeed this much for 10% to 50%	37h 2m 13s	5,008	51	500.8
AdolescentNeed this much for 50% to 100%	46h 17m 46s	2,236	23	223.6
Total	87h 57m 46s	8,072	83	807.2

Feeding Trough

6,000 items(60 slots)

Need 2 full loads

Tek Trough

10,000 items(100 slots)

Fits in one load

Maewing / Maeguana

300 slots

50% weight reduction on meat & berries

Baby- 7x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)Juvenile- 56x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)Adolescent- 70x trough refills needed (food spoils before phase ends)

Spoils in 10m|

Trough / Maewing: 40m|

Tek Trough: 16h 40m

During the Baby phase (0-10%), you must hand-feed or use a Maewing to nurse. From Juvenile (10%+), dinos can eat from a Feeding Trough on their own. Use Preserving Salt in troughs to double spoil times.

Found throughout the ARKs, the Elderclaw is a tamable, omnivore creature in ARK: Survival Ascended. It belongs to the Support category.

With 100% base Melee Damage, the Elderclaw has solid damage output. At 800 base HP, the Elderclaw is solidly tanky. Its base Stamina of 350 gives it good endurance. It carries 650 base Weight - an enormous weight pool.

As a tame, the Elderclaw pulls double duty as both a capable resource harvester and pack animal. It reproduces by laying eggs, which must be incubated between 24°C and 28°C. Defeating one in the wild grants 4 base XP. It can be cloned at a Cloning Chamber for 0.66 Element plus 0.01 Element per level.

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